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20 years agoThis makes dblink pass its installcheck test on platforms where
Tom Lane [Thu, 28 Oct 2004 22:31:11 +0000 (22:31 +0000)]
This makes dblink pass its installcheck test on platforms where
snprintf(data, len, %s, NULL) crash.

The code was trying to find a connection by name when it already had an
unnamed connection and did not have a name to search with.

Kris Jurka

20 years agoCode cleanup in dirmod.c. Andrew Dunstan, some further mods by moi.
Tom Lane [Thu, 28 Oct 2004 22:09:31 +0000 (22:09 +0000)]
Code cleanup in dirmod.c.  Andrew Dunstan, some further mods by moi.

20 years agoFix to_number for the case of a trailing S.
Tom Lane [Thu, 28 Oct 2004 18:55:08 +0000 (18:55 +0000)]
Fix to_number for the case of a trailing S.
Karel Zak

20 years agoTranslation update
Peter Eisentraut [Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:38:27 +0000 (09:38 +0000)]
Translation update

20 years agoTranslation updates
Peter Eisentraut [Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:01:06 +0000 (09:01 +0000)]
Translation updates

20 years agoTranslation updates
Peter Eisentraut [Thu, 28 Oct 2004 08:54:09 +0000 (08:54 +0000)]
Translation updates

20 years agoUse AllocateFile(), FreeFile() and palloc() rather than fopen(), fclose()
Neil Conway [Thu, 28 Oct 2004 01:38:41 +0000 (01:38 +0000)]
Use AllocateFile(), FreeFile() and palloc() rather than fopen(), fclose()
and malloc() in pgstat.c, respectively. This simplifies error recovery,
as well as being more consistent with the rest of the backend.

20 years agoOn Windows, force a checkpoint just before dropping a database's physical
Tom Lane [Thu, 28 Oct 2004 00:39:59 +0000 (00:39 +0000)]
On Windows, force a checkpoint just before dropping a database's physical
files and directories.  This ensures that the bgwriter will close any open
file references it is holding for files therein, which is needed for the
rmdir() to succeed.  Andrew Dunstan and Tom Lane.

20 years agoHave pg_ctl status always output to stdout, even stopped status, not stderr.
Bruce Momjian [Wed, 27 Oct 2004 19:44:14 +0000 (19:44 +0000)]
Have pg_ctl status always output to stdout, even stopped status, not stderr.

20 years agoFix Cygwin compile for timezone.
Bruce Momjian [Wed, 27 Oct 2004 19:14:07 +0000 (19:14 +0000)]
Fix Cygwin compile for timezone.

20 years agoWhen displaying a Var that is a reference to a column of an unnamed join,
Tom Lane [Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:09:41 +0000 (18:09 +0000)]
When displaying a Var that is a reference to a column of an unnamed join,
try to display it as a reference to the underlying column instead.  This
is a legitimate substitution (it wouldn't be for a named join) and it
fixes some cases where the display would otherwise be ambiguous.  Per
example from Sim Zacks.

20 years agoCanonicalize Win32 path coming in from pg_ctl -D, idea from Magnus.
Bruce Momjian [Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:17:09 +0000 (17:17 +0000)]
Canonicalize Win32 path coming in from pg_ctl -D, idea from Magnus.

20 years agoTranslation update
Peter Eisentraut [Wed, 27 Oct 2004 11:52:28 +0000 (11:52 +0000)]
Translation update

20 years agoAdd a missing dependency: the "install" target requires "all" to have
Neil Conway [Wed, 27 Oct 2004 11:51:40 +0000 (11:51 +0000)]
Add a missing dependency: the "install" target requires "all" to have
been built before it. Per report from Kris Jurka.

20 years agoNew translation
Peter Eisentraut [Wed, 27 Oct 2004 11:44:09 +0000 (11:44 +0000)]
New translation

20 years agoTranslation updates
Peter Eisentraut [Wed, 27 Oct 2004 11:22:18 +0000 (11:22 +0000)]
Translation updates

20 years agoTranslation update
Peter Eisentraut [Wed, 27 Oct 2004 11:13:29 +0000 (11:13 +0000)]
Translation update

20 years agoTranslation updates
Peter Eisentraut [Wed, 27 Oct 2004 11:09:33 +0000 (11:09 +0000)]
Translation updates

20 years agoTranslation updates
Peter Eisentraut [Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:22:47 +0000 (10:22 +0000)]
Translation updates

20 years agoTranslation updates
Peter Eisentraut [Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:13:49 +0000 (10:13 +0000)]
Translation updates

20 years agoTrivial fix: clarify a comment.
Neil Conway [Wed, 27 Oct 2004 07:26:56 +0000 (07:26 +0000)]
Trivial fix: clarify a comment.

20 years agoUpdate German FAQ.
Bruce Momjian [Wed, 27 Oct 2004 02:01:14 +0000 (02:01 +0000)]
Update German FAQ.

Ian Barwick

20 years agoAdd reminder to update copyright in sgml file.
Bruce Momjian [Tue, 26 Oct 2004 23:42:49 +0000 (23:42 +0000)]
Add reminder to update copyright in sgml file.

20 years agoDocument IS DISTINCT FROM in a more obvious place, and add some more
Tom Lane [Tue, 26 Oct 2004 22:16:12 +0000 (22:16 +0000)]
Document IS DISTINCT FROM in a more obvious place, and add some more
index entries for IS-foo constructs.

20 years agoAdd:
Bruce Momjian [Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:41:22 +0000 (19:41 +0000)]
Add:

> * Allow TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE to store the original timezone
>   information, either by name or offset from UTC

20 years agoUpdate Russian FAQ.
Bruce Momjian [Tue, 26 Oct 2004 17:28:27 +0000 (17:28 +0000)]
Update Russian FAQ.

Viktor Vislobokov

20 years agoMake heap_fetch API more consistent by having the buffer remain pinned
Tom Lane [Tue, 26 Oct 2004 16:05:03 +0000 (16:05 +0000)]
Make heap_fetch API more consistent by having the buffer remain pinned
in all cases when keep_buf = true.  This allows ANALYZE's inner loop to
use heap_release_fetch, which saves multiple buffer lookups for the same
page and avoids overestimation of cost by the vacuum cost mechanism.

20 years agoIn the new dispensation where REINDEX doesn't take exclusive lock on
Tom Lane [Mon, 25 Oct 2004 15:42:02 +0000 (15:42 +0000)]
In the new dispensation where REINDEX doesn't take exclusive lock on
the parent table, it's essential that all index accesses take some kind
of lock on the index.  I had missed vacuumlazy.c :-( ...

20 years agoUpdate copyright information in documentation. Also, add a note
Neil Conway [Mon, 25 Oct 2004 06:40:39 +0000 (06:40 +0000)]
Update copyright information in documentation. Also, add a note
to RELEASE_CHANGES so that this is not forgotten in the future.

20 years agoRemove three unnecessary casts from a pointer type to char * when calling
Neil Conway [Mon, 25 Oct 2004 06:27:21 +0000 (06:27 +0000)]
Remove three unnecessary casts from a pointer type to char * when calling
pfree().

20 years agoFix tyop in comment.
Neil Conway [Mon, 25 Oct 2004 03:23:02 +0000 (03:23 +0000)]
Fix tyop in comment.

20 years agoMake error message more verbose, in hopes of avoiding misunderstandings
Tom Lane [Mon, 25 Oct 2004 03:08:29 +0000 (03:08 +0000)]
Make error message more verbose, in hopes of avoiding misunderstandings
such as bug #1293.

20 years agoFix some more 'old-style parameter declaration' warnings.
Tom Lane [Mon, 25 Oct 2004 02:30:29 +0000 (02:30 +0000)]
Fix some more 'old-style parameter declaration' warnings.

20 years agoFix a bunch of 'old-style parameter declaration' warnings induced by
Tom Lane [Mon, 25 Oct 2004 02:15:02 +0000 (02:15 +0000)]
Fix a bunch of 'old-style parameter declaration' warnings induced by
writing 'foo()' rather than 'foo(void)'.

20 years agoModify hash_create() to elog(ERROR) if an error occurs, rather than
Neil Conway [Mon, 25 Oct 2004 00:46:43 +0000 (00:46 +0000)]
Modify hash_create() to elog(ERROR) if an error occurs, rather than
returning a NULL pointer (some callers remembered to check the return
value, but some did not -- it is safer to just bail out).

Also, cleanup pgstat.c to use elog(ERROR) rather than elog(LOG) followed
by exit().

20 years agomake sure we tag configure.in as beta4 as well ... REL8_0_0BETA4
PostgreSQL Daemon [Mon, 25 Oct 2004 00:11:04 +0000 (00:11 +0000)]
make sure we tag configure.in as beta4 as well ...

20 years agoUpdate for 8.0: pg_tablespace is now also a shared catalog.
Tom Lane [Sun, 24 Oct 2004 22:52:04 +0000 (22:52 +0000)]
Update for 8.0: pg_tablespace is now also a shared catalog.

20 years agoAdd note that REINDEX takes a weaker lock than it used to.
Tom Lane [Sun, 24 Oct 2004 22:43:56 +0000 (22:43 +0000)]
Add note that REINDEX takes a weaker lock than it used to.

20 years agoAdd comparison file for exp-three-digits formatting.
Tom Lane [Sun, 24 Oct 2004 22:11:37 +0000 (22:11 +0000)]
Add comparison file for exp-three-digits formatting.

20 years agoAdjust message to not be misleading on Windows.
Tom Lane [Sun, 24 Oct 2004 22:09:33 +0000 (22:09 +0000)]
Adjust message to not be misleading on Windows.
Andrew Dunstan

20 years agoOn Windows, cause get_progname to strip any .EXE suffix.
Tom Lane [Sun, 24 Oct 2004 22:08:19 +0000 (22:08 +0000)]
On Windows, cause get_progname to strip any .EXE suffix.
Andrew Dunstan

20 years agoAdd comparison file for exp-three-digits formatting.
Tom Lane [Sun, 24 Oct 2004 21:54:57 +0000 (21:54 +0000)]
Add comparison file for exp-three-digits formatting.

20 years agoReplace ad-hoc atof() code with call to float4in, per Andrew Dunstan.
Tom Lane [Sun, 24 Oct 2004 21:47:07 +0000 (21:47 +0000)]
Replace ad-hoc atof() code with call to float4in, per Andrew Dunstan.

20 years agoWrite config files as text not binary, per Magnus Hagander.
Tom Lane [Sun, 24 Oct 2004 15:55:29 +0000 (15:55 +0000)]
Write config files as text not binary, per Magnus Hagander.

20 years agoSync timezone data with latest zic database (dated Oct 11 2004).
Tom Lane [Sun, 24 Oct 2004 15:09:57 +0000 (15:09 +0000)]
Sync timezone data with latest zic database (dated Oct 11 2004).

20 years agoUpdate RELEASE_CHANGES to mention updating the timezone database as
Tom Lane [Sun, 24 Oct 2004 15:01:54 +0000 (15:01 +0000)]
Update RELEASE_CHANGES to mention updating the timezone database as
a routine part of release prep.

20 years agoTranslation update
Dennis Bjorklund [Sun, 24 Oct 2004 14:55:04 +0000 (14:55 +0000)]
Translation update

20 years agoIf we're going to test for switch validity by observing whether the
Tom Lane [Sun, 24 Oct 2004 00:54:12 +0000 (00:54 +0000)]
If we're going to test for switch validity by observing whether the
compiler emits any warnings, the test program had better be 100%
correct, not only 90% correct.  The recent addition of -Wold-style-definition
broke thread-safety detection on every platform that has that switch,
because the test program used an old-style definition.

20 years agoTranslation update
Dennis Bjorklund [Sat, 23 Oct 2004 14:48:03 +0000 (14:48 +0000)]
Translation update

20 years agoTranslation updates
Dennis Bjorklund [Sat, 23 Oct 2004 07:29:27 +0000 (07:29 +0000)]
Translation updates

20 years agoTranslation update
Dennis Bjorklund [Sat, 23 Oct 2004 06:48:59 +0000 (06:48 +0000)]
Translation update

20 years agoTranslation updates
Dennis Bjorklund [Sat, 23 Oct 2004 06:40:24 +0000 (06:40 +0000)]
Translation updates

20 years agoTranslation updates
Dennis Bjorklund [Sat, 23 Oct 2004 06:32:53 +0000 (06:32 +0000)]
Translation updates

20 years agoAvoid overflow in cost_sort when work_mem exceeds 1Gb.
Tom Lane [Sat, 23 Oct 2004 00:05:27 +0000 (00:05 +0000)]
Avoid overflow in cost_sort when work_mem exceeds 1Gb.

20 years agoFix tsearch build problems.
Tom Lane [Fri, 22 Oct 2004 22:33:58 +0000 (22:33 +0000)]
Fix tsearch build problems.
Magnus Hagander

20 years agoDon't use LC_MESSAGES value on WIN32, since it doesn't work.
Tom Lane [Fri, 22 Oct 2004 22:30:57 +0000 (22:30 +0000)]
Don't use LC_MESSAGES value on WIN32, since it doesn't work.
Magnus Hagander

20 years agoAdd a GUC_SUPERUSER_ONLY flag to mark GUC variables that should not be
Tom Lane [Fri, 22 Oct 2004 19:48:19 +0000 (19:48 +0000)]
Add a GUC_SUPERUSER_ONLY flag to mark GUC variables that should not be
examinable by non-superusers, and use it to protect the recently-added
GUC variables for data directory and config files.  For now I have only
flagged those variables that could be used to deduce something about
the server's filesystem layout, but possibly we should also mark vars
related to logging settings and other admin-only information?

20 years agoIn ALTER COLUMN TYPE, strip any implicit coercion operations appearing
Tom Lane [Fri, 22 Oct 2004 17:20:05 +0000 (17:20 +0000)]
In ALTER COLUMN TYPE, strip any implicit coercion operations appearing
at the top level of the column's old default expression before adding
an implicit coercion to the new column type.  This seems to satisfy the
principle of least surprise, as per discussion of bug #1290.

20 years agoTranslation updates
Peter Eisentraut [Fri, 22 Oct 2004 16:05:02 +0000 (16:05 +0000)]
Translation updates

20 years agoMessage styling
Peter Eisentraut [Fri, 22 Oct 2004 16:04:35 +0000 (16:04 +0000)]
Message styling

20 years agoTranslation update
Dennis Bjorklund [Fri, 22 Oct 2004 14:14:24 +0000 (14:14 +0000)]
Translation update

20 years agoNew swedish translation of pg_config
Dennis Bjorklund [Fri, 22 Oct 2004 14:13:04 +0000 (14:13 +0000)]
New swedish translation of pg_config

20 years agoFix documentation typo.
Neil Conway [Fri, 22 Oct 2004 14:12:41 +0000 (14:12 +0000)]
Fix documentation typo.

20 years agoTranslation updates
Dennis Bjorklund [Fri, 22 Oct 2004 13:49:15 +0000 (13:49 +0000)]
Translation updates

20 years agoTranslation updates
Dennis Bjorklund [Fri, 22 Oct 2004 13:41:47 +0000 (13:41 +0000)]
Translation updates

20 years agoTranslation updates.
Dennis Bjorklund [Fri, 22 Oct 2004 12:04:13 +0000 (12:04 +0000)]
Translation updates.

20 years agoMinor code cleanup: hdefault() only ever returned "true", so it may as
Neil Conway [Fri, 22 Oct 2004 07:21:06 +0000 (07:21 +0000)]
Minor code cleanup: hdefault() only ever returned "true", so it may as
well be declared to return "void" to save callers the trouble of
checking for errors.

20 years agoUpdate release history for releases 7.4.6, 7.3.8, 7.2.6.
Tom Lane [Fri, 22 Oct 2004 00:25:18 +0000 (00:25 +0000)]
Update release history for releases 7.4.6, 7.3.8, 7.2.6.

20 years agoPrevent pg_ctl from being run as root. Since it uses configuration files
Tom Lane [Fri, 22 Oct 2004 00:24:18 +0000 (00:24 +0000)]
Prevent pg_ctl from being run as root.  Since it uses configuration files
owned by postgres, doing "pg_ctl start" as root could allow a privilege
escalation attack, as pointed out by iDEFENSE.  Of course the postmaster would
fail, but we ought to fail a little sooner to protect sysadmins unfamiliar
with Postgres.  The chosen fix is to disable root use of pg_ctl in all cases,
just to be confident there are no other holes.

20 years agoUpdate obsolete comments about COPY vs INSERT options, per Uwe Schroeder.
Tom Lane [Thu, 21 Oct 2004 22:48:54 +0000 (22:48 +0000)]
Update obsolete comments about COPY vs INSERT options, per Uwe Schroeder.

20 years agoDisallow referential integrity actions from being deferred; only the
Tom Lane [Thu, 21 Oct 2004 21:33:59 +0000 (21:33 +0000)]
Disallow referential integrity actions from being deferred; only the
NO ACTION check is deferrable.  This seems to be a closer approximation
to what the SQL spec says than what we were doing before, and it prevents
some anomalous behaviors that are possible now that triggers can fire
during the execution of PL functions.
Stephan Szabo.

20 years agoSet the close-on-exec flag for libpq's socket to the backend, to avoid
Tom Lane [Thu, 21 Oct 2004 20:23:19 +0000 (20:23 +0000)]
Set the close-on-exec flag for libpq's socket to the backend, to avoid
any possible problems from child programs executed by the client app.
Per suggestion from Elliot Lee of Red Hat.

20 years agoAvoid macro-redefinition warnings on Windows, per Andrew Dunstan.
Tom Lane [Thu, 21 Oct 2004 19:49:27 +0000 (19:49 +0000)]
Avoid macro-redefinition warnings on Windows, per Andrew Dunstan.

20 years agoStandardize on using the Min, Max, and Abs macros that are in our c.h file,
Tom Lane [Thu, 21 Oct 2004 19:28:36 +0000 (19:28 +0000)]
Standardize on using the Min, Max, and Abs macros that are in our c.h file,
getting rid of numerous ad-hoc versions that have popped up in various
places.  Shortens code and avoids conflict with Windows min() and max()
macros.

20 years agoUse temp files in current directory, not /tmp, to reduce security risk
Tom Lane [Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:42:46 +0000 (16:42 +0000)]
Use temp files in current directory, not /tmp, to reduce security risk
while running this script.

20 years agoAllow functions returning void or cstring to appear in FROM clause,
Tom Lane [Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:04:50 +0000 (16:04 +0000)]
Allow functions returning void or cstring to appear in FROM clause,
to make life cushy for the JDBC driver.  Centralize the decision-making
that affects this by inventing a get_type_func_class() function, rather
than adding special cases in half a dozen places.

20 years agoWhen using GCC, change the default CFLAGS to:
Neil Conway [Wed, 20 Oct 2004 02:12:07 +0000 (02:12 +0000)]
When using GCC, change the default CFLAGS to:

  -O2 -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith

Check whether the version of GCC we are using supports any of:

  -Wdeclaration-after-statement
  -Wendif-labels
  -Wold-style-definition

And add the supported flags to CFLAGS.

20 years agoAdd a HINT about the likely reason for 'invalid multibyte character for locale' failure.
Tom Lane [Tue, 19 Oct 2004 15:04:17 +0000 (15:04 +0000)]
Add a HINT about the likely reason for 'invalid multibyte character for locale' failure.

20 years agoNew translation
Peter Eisentraut [Tue, 19 Oct 2004 13:39:27 +0000 (13:39 +0000)]
New translation

20 years agoOrganize the help output a little better. Improve clarity of some messages.
Peter Eisentraut [Tue, 19 Oct 2004 13:38:53 +0000 (13:38 +0000)]
Organize the help output a little better.  Improve clarity of some messages.

20 years agoAdd some code to ensure that we don't lose communication sync due to
Tom Lane [Mon, 18 Oct 2004 23:23:19 +0000 (23:23 +0000)]
Add some code to ensure that we don't lose communication sync due to
an oversize message, per suggestion from Oliver Jowett.  I'm a bit
dubious that this is a real problem, since the client likely doesn't
have any more space available than the server, but it's not hard to
make it behave according to the protocol intention.

20 years agoNew translation
Peter Eisentraut [Mon, 18 Oct 2004 22:19:15 +0000 (22:19 +0000)]
New translation

20 years agoMight want to initialize the gettext library, if we're going to do all that
Peter Eisentraut [Mon, 18 Oct 2004 22:19:00 +0000 (22:19 +0000)]
Might want to initialize the gettext library, if we're going to do all that
translation work.

20 years agoTranslation update
Peter Eisentraut [Mon, 18 Oct 2004 22:18:03 +0000 (22:18 +0000)]
Translation update

20 years agoAdd PQprepare/PQsendPrepared functions to libpq to support preparing
Tom Lane [Mon, 18 Oct 2004 22:00:42 +0000 (22:00 +0000)]
Add PQprepare/PQsendPrepared functions to libpq to support preparing
statements without necessarily specifying the datatypes of their parameters.
Abhijit Menon-Sen with some help from Tom Lane.

20 years agoRemove use of "miscadmin.h" in port C files and remove test for frontend
Bruce Momjian [Mon, 18 Oct 2004 19:08:58 +0000 (19:08 +0000)]
Remove use of "miscadmin.h" in port C files and remove test for frontend
in miscadmin.h.

20 years agoNew translation
Peter Eisentraut [Mon, 18 Oct 2004 17:58:54 +0000 (17:58 +0000)]
New translation

20 years agoTranslation updates
Peter Eisentraut [Mon, 18 Oct 2004 17:56:46 +0000 (17:56 +0000)]
Translation updates

20 years agoNew translation
Peter Eisentraut [Mon, 18 Oct 2004 17:53:40 +0000 (17:53 +0000)]
New translation

20 years agoUpdated SQL key words table
Peter Eisentraut [Mon, 18 Oct 2004 17:09:03 +0000 (17:09 +0000)]
Updated SQL key words table

20 years agoThe attached patch fixes psql's win32 frontend-only build, by using
Bruce Momjian [Mon, 18 Oct 2004 16:24:40 +0000 (16:24 +0000)]
The attached patch fixes psql's win32 frontend-only build, by using
pg_strcasecmp in variables.c, and #ifdef'ing out PostmasterPid in
miscadmin.h.

Dave Page

20 years agoForce rebuild.
Bruce Momjian [Mon, 18 Oct 2004 16:16:20 +0000 (16:16 +0000)]
Force rebuild.

20 years agoImprove indentation of sublists:
Bruce Momjian [Mon, 18 Oct 2004 16:13:43 +0000 (16:13 +0000)]
Improve indentation of sublists:

<  The proper solution to this will probably the use of a master/slave
<  replication solution like Sloney and a connection pooling tool like
<  pgpool.
>    The proper solution to this will probably the use of a master/slave
>    replication solution like Sloney and a connection pooling tool like
>    pgpool.
114,116c114,116
<  You can use any of the master/slave replication servers to use a
<  standby server for data warehousing. To allow read/write queries to
<  multiple servers, you need multi-master replication like pgcluster.
>    You can use any of the master/slave replication servers to use a
>    standby server for data warehousing. To allow read/write queries to
>    multiple servers, you need multi-master replication like pgcluster.
166,167c166,167
<  Currently large objects entries do not have owners. Permissions can
<  only be set at the pg_largeobject table level.
>    Currently large objects entries do not have owners. Permissions can
>    only be set at the pg_largeobject table level.
173c173
<  This requires the TOAST column to be stored EXTERNAL.
>    This requires the TOAST column to be stored EXTERNAL.
359,360c359,360
<  One complexity is whether moving a schema should move all existing
<  schema objects or just define the location for future object creation.
>    One complexity is whether moving a schema should move all existing
>    schema objects or just define the location for future object creation.
364,365c364,365
<  Currently non-global system tables must be in the default database
<  schema. Global system tables can never be moved.
>    Currently non-global system tables must be in the default database
>    schema. Global system tables can never be moved.
371,375c371,375
<  This might require some background daemon to maintain clustering
<  during periods of low usage. It might also require tables to be only
<  paritally filled for easier reorganization.  Another idea would
<         be to create a merged heap/index data file so an index lookup would
<  automatically access the heap data too.
>    This might require some background daemon to maintain clustering
>    during periods of low usage. It might also require tables to be only
>    paritally filled for easier reorganization.  Another idea would
>           be to create a merged heap/index data file so an index lookup would
>    automatically access the heap data too.
379,380c379,380
<  To do this, determine the ideal cluster index for each system
<  table and set the cluster setting during initdb.
>    To do this, determine the ideal cluster index for each system
>    table and set the cluster setting during initdb.
385,386c385,386
<  This requires the use of a savepoint before each COPY line is
<  processed, with ROLLBACK on COPY failure.
>    This requires the use of a savepoint before each COPY line is
>    processed, with ROLLBACK on COPY failure.
395,398c395,398
<  This requires using the row ctid to map cursor rows back to the
<  original heap row. This become more complicated if WITH HOLD cursors
<  are to be supported because WITH HOLD cursors have a copy of the row
<  and no FOR UPDATE lock.
>    This requires using the row ctid to map cursor rows back to the
>    original heap row. This become more complicated if WITH HOLD cursors
>    are to be supported because WITH HOLD cursors have a copy of the row
>    and no FOR UPDATE lock.
405,406c405,406
<  Because WITH HOLD cursors exist outside transactions, this allows
<  them to be listed so they can be closed.
>    Because WITH HOLD cursors exist outside transactions, this allows
>    them to be listed so they can be closed.
413,415c413,415
<  This is useful for returning the auto-generated key for an INSERT.
<  One complication is how to handle rules that run as part of
<  the insert.
>    This is useful for returning the auto-generated key for an INSERT.
>    One complication is how to handle rules that run as part of
>    the insert.
422c422
<  This is basically the same as SET search_path.
>    This is basically the same as SET search_path.
426,427c426,427
<  This requires a checking function to be called after the server
<  configuration file is read.
>    This requires a checking function to be called after the server
>    configuration file is read.
432c432
<  Currently only constants are supported.
>    Currently only constants are supported.
438,439c438,439
<  This requires the cached PL/PgSQL byte code to be invalidated when
<  an object referenced in the function is changed.
>    This requires the cached PL/PgSQL byte code to be invalidated when
>    an object referenced in the function is changed.
512,513c512,513
<  Document differences between ecpg and the SQL standard and
<  information about the Informix-compatibility module.
>    Document differences between ecpg and the SQL standard and
>    information about the Informix-compatibility module.

20 years agoSynced parser
Michael Meskes [Mon, 18 Oct 2004 13:36:23 +0000 (13:36 +0000)]
Synced parser

20 years agoUpdate Japanese FAQ.
Bruce Momjian [Mon, 18 Oct 2004 11:45:26 +0000 (11:45 +0000)]
Update Japanese FAQ.

Jun Kuwamura

20 years agoUpdate wording:
Bruce Momjian [Mon, 18 Oct 2004 03:27:14 +0000 (03:27 +0000)]
Update wording:

* Allow a database in tablespace t1 with tables created in tablespace t2
  to be used as a template for a new database created with default
  tablespace t2

  All objects in the default database tablespace must have default tablespace
  specifications.  This is because new databases are created by copying
  directories.  If you mix default tablespace tables and tablespace-specified
  tables in the same directory, creating a new database from such a mixed
  directory would create a new database with tables that had incorrect
  explicit tablespaces.  To fix this would require modifying pg_class in the
  newly copied database, which we don't currently do.

20 years agoAdd:
Bruce Momjian [Mon, 18 Oct 2004 02:56:42 +0000 (02:56 +0000)]
Add:

>
> * Allow a database in tablespace t1 with tables created in tablespace t2
>   to be used as a template for a new database created with default
>   tablespace t2
>
>   All objects in the default database tablespace must have default tablespace
>   specifications.  This is because new databases are created by copying
>   directories.  If you mix default tablespace tables and tablespace-specified
>   tables in the same directory, creating a new database from such a mixed
>   directory would create a new database with tables that had incorrect
>   explicit tablespaces.  To fix this would require modifying pg_class in the
>   newly copied database, which we don't currently do.

20 years agoTrivial fix: remove a pointless cast.
Neil Conway [Mon, 18 Oct 2004 01:45:38 +0000 (01:45 +0000)]
Trivial fix: remove a pointless cast.

20 years agoTweak pg_dump to handle default tablespaces correctly --- same logic
Tom Lane [Mon, 18 Oct 2004 00:20:41 +0000 (00:20 +0000)]
Tweak pg_dump to handle default tablespaces correctly --- same logic
as the corrected pg_get_indexdef code.

20 years agoBetter document win32_open and its ability to allow concurrent
Bruce Momjian [Sun, 17 Oct 2004 23:53:30 +0000 (23:53 +0000)]
Better document win32_open and its ability to allow concurrent
unlink/rename().